Need Tiki Room Fabrication Advice - Tiki Carving

V vini-tiki-vechi Member Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 7	V vini-tiki-vechi Posted posted on Wed, Mar 2, 2005 11:52 AM I’m seeking some advice from TCers experienced or at least opinionated on home Tiki room fabrication. I have great plans but alas little experience… Specifically when attaching bamboo poles to the ceiling (to crate faux rafters) is it better (either aesthetically or just practical) to use half split poles or poles with just a small section removed to form a flat attachment surface? What is the best way to secure these to sheetrock ceiling (sheet rock screws or some type of anchor/lag bolts). I will likely be using poles from 3” to 1.5” in diameter). The poles will also serve to cover the seams in the cabana matting that I intend to use on the ceiling. How is the best way to put up the matting (stapled or glued)? Also what is the best way to cut cabana to form a straight (non-ragged edge). Is it worth the cost/effort to apply a fire retardant to the cabana and the thatch above the bar? I intend to build a bar as well that will be largely covered in bamboo poles 1 to 1.5” in diameter. I thought I’d start by build a box/frame of plywood and then covering the exterior with poles. Again is it best to use half split poles or poles with just a small section removed to form a flat attachment surface? For the bar top I was going to buy a Koa board off E-bay (approximately 2”thick and 8 to 9” wide) so that I could split it thru the thickness and form two book matched boards about a 1” thick. I then thought I’d wrap the bar top edges in 2 to 3” wide strips of curly mango or curly redwood. That would yield me a bar top (resting on plywood) that is 1’ thick and about 22 to 24” deep. Will that work (ie: are those types of wood stable enough)? I would also like to attach a bamboo canopy covered in thatch. Is there a book that would show me how to lash the support canopy together? Last question for now. I purchased a beautiful Tongan tapa which I intend to cut into 14” strips to create a boarder to use on my walls at the ceiling intersection. Its such a beautiful thing I hate to glue it up is there a less destructive way to hang it? Also should it be backed to preserve it??? Mahalo for any help given

I’m seeking some advice from TCers experienced or at least opinionated on home Tiki room fabrication. I have great plans but alas little experience…

Specifically when attaching bamboo poles to the ceiling (to crate faux rafters) is it better (either aesthetically or just practical) to use half split poles or poles with just a small section removed to form a flat attachment surface? What is the best way to secure these to sheetrock ceiling (sheet rock screws or some type of anchor/lag bolts). I will likely be using poles from 3” to 1.5” in diameter). The poles will also serve to cover the seams in the cabana matting that I intend to use on the ceiling. How is the best way to put up the matting (stapled or glued)? Also what is the best way to cut cabana to form a straight (non-ragged edge). Is it worth the cost/effort to apply a fire retardant to the cabana and the thatch above the bar?

I intend to build a bar as well that will be largely covered in bamboo poles 1 to 1.5” in diameter. I thought I’d start by build a box/frame of plywood and then covering the exterior with poles. Again is it best to use half split poles or poles with just a small section removed to form a flat attachment surface? For the bar top I was going to buy a Koa board off E-bay (approximately 2”thick and 8 to 9” wide) so that I could split it thru the thickness and form two book matched boards about a 1” thick. I then thought I’d wrap the bar top edges in 2 to 3” wide strips of curly mango or curly redwood. That would yield me a bar top (resting on plywood) that is 1’ thick and about 22 to 24” deep. Will that work (ie: are those types of wood stable enough)? I would also like to attach a bamboo canopy covered in thatch. Is there a book that would show me how to lash the support canopy together?

Last question for now. I purchased a beautiful Tongan tapa which I intend to cut into 14” strips to create a boarder to use on my walls at the ceiling intersection. Its such a beautiful thing I hate to glue it up is there a less destructive way to hang it? Also should it be backed to preserve it???

Mahalo for any help given

Post #144201 by vini-tiki-vechi on Wed, Mar 2, 2005 11:52 AM